Minimum vSphere privileges to install or remove patch from ESXi
I recently got a question from our field inquiring about the minimum vSphere privileges that would be required to either install or remove a patch (VIB/Component) from an ESXi host. The customer was interested in using PowerCLI and specifically the ESXLI interface to automate the installation […]
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